Henry VIII

Synopsis: The thirty-fifth in a weekly live stream project by Rob Myles to present all of Shakespeare’s plays in the order in which it is thought they were originally written. Using the Zoom video conferencing platform, it brings together many actors currently unable to travel and perform due to the Coronavirus crisis.

Brandi K. Adams (MIT) gives a general overview of the play before the performance begins.

Cast:
King Henry the Eighth - Lachlan McCall
Cardinal Wolsey - Joyce Branagh
Queen Katherine - Sally McLean
Duke of Norfolk - Gabriel Akamo
Duke of Buckingham - Jeff King
Lord Chamberlain - Alec Stephens III
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury - Kirsty Cox
Earl of Surrey - Freddie Hill
Sir Thomas Lovell & Gentlewoman - Micaela Mannix
Anne Bullen - Ally Poole
Ensemble - Claire Richardson
Ensemble - Sanna Javed
Ensemble - Hannah Balogun
Ensemble - Katharine Bubbear
Ensemble - Aarushi Ganju
Ensemble - Tyler Nowakowski
Ensemble - Eugenia Low
Ensemble - Aurora Nicole Kim
Ensemble - Benjamin Chandler
Ensemble - Jes Gislason
Ensemble - Sarah McCourt
Ensemble - Peter Rogers
Ensemble - Adam Bruce
Ensemble - Jed McLoughlin
Swing - Nathan Everett Patterson
Swing - Charlotte E Tayle
Series: Show Must Go Online, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; Video
Transmission details: 11 Nov 2020
Duration: 214 mins

General: A project by actor and writer Robert Myles to present ‘weekly readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast, in the order they were believed to have been written.' For more details, visit the peroject homepage at: https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/

Name: Robert Myles
Web: https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/ External site opens in new window

Shakespeare, "Henry VIII". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79298 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)

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